Unit Review: Milky Way - Your Galactic Home

The Sun is the brightest object in the sky while standing on Earth. This is described by...

• absolute brightness

• luminosity

• apparent brightness

• Magnitude

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

Which of the following is NOT a feature of a black hole?

• singularity

• galactic halo

• event horizon

• accretion disk

Betelgeuse is 20 times more massive than the sun. At the end of its life cycle, it'll end up as a...

• red supergiant

• black hole

• white dwarf

• brown dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The _____ equation estimates the number of civilizations with which humans could communicate.

What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way?

• elliptical

• irregular

• hexagonal

• barred spiral

What type of star is the coolest?

• red

• orange

• white

• blue

Which of the following CANNOT be found in our Solar System?

• a comet

• an exoplanet

• an asteroid

• a moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Stars spend the majority of their lives. . .

• on the main sequence

• as a red giant

• as a black hole

• as a white dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Which of the following is NOT an end-of-life stage for a star?

• black hole

• red supergiant

• neutron star

• white dwarf

Where are stars born?

• in a globular cluster

• in the center of a galaxy

• near a black hole

• in a nebula